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Sustainable design greats <a target="new" href="http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/">McDonough + Partners</a> will soon be bringing <a target="new" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/13/designing-the-future/" target="new">Cradle to Cradle</a> thinking to a city often known first for its fashion: Milan, Italy. Their Isola Office building will be aiming for LEED Gold with a variety of sustainable building strategies including solar and geothermal energy, advanced insulation panels, solar shading, and a high-efficiency climate control system. The structure will be part of the Porta Nuova redevelopment, which will introduce 340,000 square meters of housing, community, commercial and government buildings within Milan's center - it's practically a city within a city!...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/mcdonough-and-partners-isola-office-building/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Sustainable design greats <a target="new" href="http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/">McDonough + Partners</a> will soon be bringing <a target="new" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/13/designing-the-future/" target="new">Cradle to Cradle</a> thinking to a city often known first for its fashion: Milan, Italy. Their Isola Office building will be aiming for LEED Gold with a variety of sustainable building strategies including solar and geothermal energy, advanced insulation panels, solar shading, and a high-efficiency climate control system. The structure will be part of the Porta Nuova redevelopment, which will introduce 340,000 square meters of housing, community, commercial and government buildings within Milan's center - it's practically a city within a city!...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/mcdonough-and-partners-isola-office-building/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Sustainable design greats McDonough + Partners will soon be bringing Cradle to Cradle thinking to a city often known first for its fashion: Milan, Italy. Their Isola Office building will be aiming for LEED Gold with a variety of sustainable building strategies including solar and geothermal energy, advanced insulation panels, solar shading, and a high-efficiency climate control system. The structure will be part of the Porta Nuova redevelopment, which will introduce 340,000 square meters of housing, community, commercial and government buildings within Milan's center - it's practically a city within a city!...